Hiding Behind a Mask

Date 3 March 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
It is because I live with anxiety that I have chosen not to hide behind a mask. As a child I wanted to talk about things. It is the only way I know to feel better about things. It lightens the load. Hiding behind our imperfections I’m sure ...
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Judged and Misunderstood

Date 28 February 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s been 10 years since Susan Boyle appeared on Britain’s Got Talent, and wowed global audiences. In January 2021 she was interviewed for Entertainment. Asperger's Since Susan’s first appearance she’s gone on to sell ...
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Finding My Voice

Date 23 February 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
For those trying to find their voice in a world where they have to speak louder, just so they can be heard’ – Ilana Estelle Silence and solitude I would often spend time in silence and solitude, just listening to what would become ...
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Personal Quest

Date 10 February 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, I never thought of, or saw my disability as a personal quest, primarily because I didn’t know I had a disability. Although I was angry, I was aware from a young age, that finding out would be totally off limits. I needed to ...
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Managing Covid-19 and Autism

Date 7 February 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Covid-19 isn’t something you fight against. With Autism (Asperger’s), just trying to get my head around the fact that the world has it and it’s a life and death scenario, means I’m already mentally and emotionally struggling. My Anxiety Challenges There are days when I wake up and I have…
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Judging people

Date 3 February 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Today's blog follows on from my quote yesterday by 'Sting' about 'judging people.' As a small child, I was continually being judged through my inabilities, rather than my abilities, for a lack of depth in my course work, and ...
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Covid-19 and Mental Health

Date 29 January 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
The UK Government's handling of Covid-19 is adding to mental health problems in young adults and children. Other groups are also struggling with mental health issues. Having a disability in Covid People with physical and mental ...
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My Challenging Life

Date 26 January 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I didn’t have many wants as a child in the material sense, but I did want to know why I had a foot that looked different to my normal foot, why I had a leg with no muscle tone, a shortening in leg length and why I couldn’t walk heel…
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NO Rose Coloured Spectacles

Date 21 January 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I have never looked on, or looked back on my childhood or disability with rose coloured spectacles. It wasn't that kind of childhood. Not knowing about my disability There were too many issues around a disability I didn’t ...
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Taking small steps

Date 14 January 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
Taking small steps is important if you are going to change the way you see life, if your lives are going to change. Growing up and not knowing about my disability, it would go on to take me 46 years to take that small step. I wanted to take that…
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Autism and Covid

Date 10 January 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
I go back to autism every time. I am tied to my autistic thoughts, which aren't normal around what is happening in the pandemic, Covid-19. A normal thought pattern A normal thought pattern would be living with the information ...
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The Bigger Plan

Date 7 January 2021
Author Ilana Estelle
If like me, you believe life is part of a bigger plan, then my family were chosen, and everything was pre-determined before I was born. It was a life I needed to question, there was every reason to question. Living with a disability ...
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